MORGANTOWN – While the House and Senate remain at loggerheads over tax-cut legislation, the speaker and president sat in cordial agreement Friday on the importance of passing Amendment 2 in November. They were part of a panel supporting the measure held during the last day of the West ...
MORGANTOWN – Some WVU law professors are concerned that proposed changes to a Board of Governors rule will create unconstitutional restrictions on their ability to represent plaintiffs or testify in lawsuits filed against the state. They think the changes stem from political pressure from ...
MORGANTOWN — The ACLU of West Virginia is suing the state Senate president and three others on behalf of a Greenbrier County woman who alleges she was unlawfully ejected from the Senate chamber for attempting to record deliberations on the special session abortion law bill. The ACLU ...
MORGANTOWN — The July special session to take up tax cut and abortion law legislation paused after five days, failing to achieve its aims. Many complained about wasted money — $35,000 per day, with something over $20,000 of that going to legislator pay. The complaints prompted us to ...
MORGANTOWN — Republican state Senators are hopeful that voters will approve Amendment 2 in November and set the Senate GOP tax reduction plan in motion. Four proposed amendments to the state Constitution will be on the ballot. Amendment 2 is called the Property Tax Modernization ...
MORGANTOWN – State Senate Energy chair Randy Smith plans to invite U.S. Senate Energy chair Joe Manchin to come before the Legislature to explain his vote on the Inflation Reduction Act. “Sen. Manchin has always said he can’t vote for a bill unless he feels like he can go back home ...